Wireless extension for Profibus DP LANs

Elpro 905U-G-PR wireless Profibus provides wireless extension of ProfibusDP LANs, including secure firewall isolation and security data encryption.

By Control Engineering Staff February 14, 2005

Elpro 905U-G-PR wireless Profibus provides wireless extension of ProfibusDP LANs, including secure firewall isolation and security data encryption. Product is said to remove the cost of installing Profibus data wiring for factory automation, process plants, and municipal SCADA systems. Extenders are available in Profibus master and slave functionality and will connect to a Profibus DP LAN at full bus speed of 12 Mb/s. Internal 900 MHz license-free radio can transmit more than 20 miles line-of-sight, or up to a mile in a congested plant environment.

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